Expression of luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor in the rat pineal gland

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Itoh, Masanori T ^a   Hosaka, Takeshi ^a   Takahashi, Noriyuki ^a   Ishizuka, Bunpei ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Luteinizing hormone chorionic gonadotropin receptor; Melatonin; Pineal; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, LH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33745551750     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2006.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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